Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.

The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.

Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of...

Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of...

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

He never sold the truth to serve the hour, nor paltered with Eternal God for...

He never sold the truth to serve the hour, nor paltered with Eternal God for...

So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.

So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

God's finger touched him, and he slept.

God's finger touched him, and he slept.

Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the...

Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the...

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.

Authority forgets a dying king

Authority forgets a dying king

There's no glory like those who save their country.

There's no glory like those who save their country.

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Gods have done a lot in the past, will do a lot in the future,...

Gods have done a lot in the past, will do a lot in the future,...

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us...

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us...

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow...

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow...